Dr. Jessica Slights

Position: Associate Professor, B.A. (Queen's), M.A. (UBC), PhD (McGill)

Office: Beveridge Arts Centre 419
Phone: (902) 585-1387
E-Mail: jessica.slights@acadiau.ca
Homepage: http://www.acadiau.ca/~jslights

Research Interests: Shakespeare; Early Modern Drama and Culture; Women's Literature and Feminist Theory.

Dr. Slights has taught Shakespeare at Acadia since 1999. She has written about and lectured on various aspects of early modern literature and culture, and her work has appeared in English Studies in Canada, Shakespeare Quarterly, Studies in Philology, and Studies in English Literature. She co-edited with Paul Yachnin the book Shakespeare and Character: Theory, History, Performance, and Theatrical Persons which was published in 2009 and is currently preparing an edition of Othello for ISE/Broadview Press.